Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers

Waikato sharemilker Matthew Zonderop says the last eight months have been the toughest in his 15-year dairying career.

Federated Farmers forestry spokesperson Toby Williams says that changes to forestry rules announced yesterday will put power back into the hands of local communities.

Farmers, foresters and conservationists are all calling on political parties to commit to controlling the large mobs of browsing pests such as deer, goats, pigs, and wallabies.

OPINION: You canine crusader wants to tip his hat to Fed Farmers for busting the Government’s dodgy tactics in trying to buy support to rush through its controversial RMA reforms.

Federated Farmers has set out what it calls the rural roadmap that it wants the next government to implement.

Farmers have expressed alarm at some banks setting targets to reduce emissions at a time when the sector is under growing financial strain.

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the Government didn’t hold an inquiry into rural banking because the sector didn’t ask for one.

OPINION: This old mutt understands that Federated Farmers has recently ceased the production of its monthly publication Fed News, as the economic realities of producing the paper have hit home.

Leading figures from major political parties will be grilled on their primary sector policies at the inaugural Rural Issues Debate at Mystery Creek Events Centre on 14 September.

South Canterbury farmers are worried about continuing to farm their land, with a local council bringing in rules around the Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori (SASM).